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SCR could bring fresh business potential for tank fleets

MOST of the new diesel engines set for launch in 2010 will have an emission control system that includes selective catalytic reduction (SCR). The new...

Studies will document biodiesel benefits for truck fleets

Two Studies seek to build greater awareness of the benefits offered by biodiesel as a truck fuel. One looks at the ability of the fuel to reduce carbon...

Biotane Fuels finds success with biodiesel technology
, By Mary Davis

Curtis Wright, Biotane Fuels division manager, has a special affinity for fried foods, but he doesn't have to worry about the calories because he is collecting and then converting used cooking oils into oxygenated diesel — known to trucking companies as biodiesel...

ASTM International provides 4 biodiesel standardizations

Four Standards are now available from ASTM International to provide quality assurance for biodiesel, according to ASTM information. New biodiesel specifications...

AmeriGas acquires Penn Fuel assets

AmeriGas Partners L.P. announced that its operating partnership has acquired the assets of Penn Fuel Propane LLC from an affiliate. Penn Fuel delivered...

Cobalt Biofuels to develop biobutanol

Cobalt Biofuels, Mountain View CA, has raised $25 million in equity to accelerate the commercialization of biobutanol, an advanced biofuel, according to company information...

NEFI posts ethanol shipping information

The New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) has posted information on its Web site about shipping paper requirements for ethanol...

Some small transportation
businesses raise prices

A growing number of owners and managers of small transportation businesses indicated during the second quarter of 2008 that they are experiencing inflationary pressures and have therefore raised prices, according to the latest Small Business Research Board (SBRB) study recently released...

TWIC facility
suffers power outage

The government facility that houses the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) system temporarily experienced a building-wide power outage October 21...

K-Limited driver competes for ATA Road Team

Ronald Hawkins Jr, a driver for K-Limited Carrier Ltd, Toledo OH, is among 36 professional truck drivers selected as finalists in the selection process to become Captains on the 2009-2010 America’s Road Team...